Haveil Havalim After Dark: The Party Edition

As my occasional contribution to the Jewish blogging community, I have volunteered again to host Haveil Havalim, the weekly “blog carnival” of the Jewish/Israeli blogosphere. (Ech omrim “blogosphere”?) Haveil Havalim was created by Soccer Dad and currently maintained by our friend Jack.

I have realized that every time I go through the submissions, some small percentage of the time, the person submitting the article is not always the owner of the blog. It then follows that the “Joe Shmoberg of the Jew Party in the Gush Blog*” format below may be flawed if submitter Joe Shmoberg doesn’t actually write this blog, and I have no way of knowing. (Sorry, Joe-you can however go register “BoogieDownInAlonShvut.com”.)

So if at some point below you read that your blog name “belongs” to someone else, don’t be alarmed. Be excited-someone liked what you wrote enough to submit it. (Has this never come up before? Am I the only one who doesn’t actually know every single blogger? Was there some big Jew blog party going on which I wasn’t invited to, stocked with gefilte fish, Goldstar, and free WordPress themes? I’m so confused.)

*One of my favorite blogs, by the way.

The most recent Jew blogger party, about five minutes before mincha. (photo credit: Jameel)

Before we jump in, can I take this opportunity to plug myself? Of course I can. THERE ARE NO RULES IN HAVEIL HAVALIM! IT’S LIKE THE WILD WEST!

B’kitzur, I’m coming to the US in late October/early November to do stand-up comedy shows about life in Israel. This is a great way to make people SMILE when they think of this wonderful country. If you’re interested in a show in your community, click here for more details. (Someone once asked me if it’s clean and appropriate. I perform in JERUSALEM-what do you think?) Feel free to spread the word…and thanks.

Humor
We’re officially screwed. Heshy Fried of Frum Satire points out that now that there are bugs in water, air is next. Get your gas masks ready.

And you thought your dentist was bad. This guy dropped some equipment down a patient’s throat and “yiyeh b’sedered” it.

Israel
Joel of Religion and State in Israel recaps the news of August 30th in Parts 1 and 2.

If you didn’t hear, we have a water shortage in Israel. Jacob Richman of Good News from Israel shares an idea of how to deal with it. He also has pictures from the big Inbal Hotel Tweet-up in Jerusalem.

Thank you for including the information about Birthrite for persons with Aspergers Syndrome. With 1 in 90 boys being diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder it is gratifying to see that portions of the Jewish commuity understand the improtance of inclusion.